QA Automation Engineer

Pioneering Evolution LLC•Arlington, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Pioneering Evolution is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to support a software team by ensuring quality, reliability, and release readiness of platform and application functionality. This individual will work closely with Business Analysts, developers, and technical leadership to ensure requirements and user stories are clear, testable, and fully traceable to test coverage. The QA Automation Engineer will develop feature-level test strategies and test plans, design and execute manual and automated test cases, and validate functionality in the context of end-to-end workflows, integrations, and downstream impacts. This role will help ensure all functional requirements are covered by appropriate testing and that defects, risks, and coverage gaps are identified early in the development lifecycle. The ideal candidate will build and maintain automated front-end test suites to verify new functionality, support continuous regression testing, and reduce the risk of defects in existing features. This individual will also identify, document, and track software defects; partner with developers to validate fixes; and provide quality insight to support sprint execution and release readiness. This role operates as a shared quality engineering function supporting priorities and collaborating across multiple feature areas as directed by technical leadership. This position requires a Secret Clearance and is based in the Washington, D.C. metro area, with on-site support as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Five (5) years of experience in software quality assurance, including both manual and automated testing.
Experience partnering with Business Analysts and development teams to ensure requirements and user stories are testable, complete, and traceable to test coverage.
Experience developing test strategies, test plans, and test cases for new features, enhancements, and regression coverage.
Proficiency with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, JUnit, TestNG, or comparable technologies.
Experience building and maintaining automated UI tests for functional and regression testing.
Strong understanding of requirements-based testing, regression testing, and end-to-end workflow validation.
Experience identifying, documenting, tracking, and retesting software defects throughout the testing lifecycle.
Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery practices.
Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing.
Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across Business Analysis, engineering, and technical leadership functions.
Ability to evaluate test coverage, monitor test execution, and communicate quality status, risks, and readiness.
Active Secret Clearance required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with API testing using tools such as Postman, SoapUI, Rest Assured, or similar frameworks.
Experience with performance or load testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, or Gatling.
Familiarity with security testing best practices and vulnerability assessment tools.
Experience working in DevSecOps or CI/CD-driven environments.
Familiarity with containerized application testing in Docker or Kubernetes environments.
Experience with test management and traceability tools such as Jira, Zephyr, TestRail, or similar platforms.
Experience testing workflow-driven or enterprise web applications with role-based behavior.
Working knowledge of testing AI-driven features such as recommendations, predictions, or chat-based interfaces, including the ability to validate output accuracy and handle variations in results.
Experience with API and data validation, including reviewing JSON responses, writing basic SQL queries, and verifying data accuracy within financial or ERP systems.
Hands-on experience with test automation tools or scripting (e.g., Python, Postman, or similar) to support testing of integrations and end-to-end system workflows.

Responsibilities

Develop feature-level test strategies and test plans
Design and execute manual and automated test cases
Validate functionality in the context of end-to-end workflows, integrations, and downstream impacts
Build and maintain automated front-end test suites to verify new functionality
Support continuous regression testing
Reduce the risk of defects in existing features
Identify, document, and track software defects
Partner with developers to validate fixes
Provide quality insight to support sprint execution and release readiness